Unpacking Kylie Jenner’s Obsession With Toe Thongs

glamour.com:

celebrated her professional best friend—and TikTok mukbang associate—’s 27th birthday in a Los Angeles nightclub. But zoom in to the various photographs that have been circulated from that Grey Goose and True Religion-sponsored evening and it seems Jenner was perhaps honoring an even more cherished companion: the libidinous, thong-toed stiletto.She wore Sergio Rossi’s Alocasia kitten heels—French-tipped toes splayed between circulation-stemming straps—with a diagonally-ruched Defaïence bodycon dress and an outsized leather jacket.

Much like the big toe-baring she wore to Paris Fashion Week or the she pulled for a pap walk in March, these are not so much shoes as they are lingerie for the feet.

To step out in a pair of these heels necessitates the same level of pre-date primping as your most provocative G-strings. Nails buffed, skin moisturized, heels descaled.Kylie Jenner at Paris Fashion Week.Kylie Jenner in Los Angeles.See also: or those that have outfitted Kylie’s most recent outings at couture week.

It’s all part of a new seduction that emerged on this season’s catwalks wherein the human toe was leveraged as an unexpected erogenous zone with one-digit socks and toe-cleavaged loafers.